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Cyrus Taber

Cyrus Taber

Male 1833 - 1877  (44 years)
Person ID: I796 


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  • Name Cyrus Taber 
    Name Taber 
    Born 26 Jun 1833  Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    • Reported to be the first white child born in Marshall County.
      Fact Flags: Preferred
    Christened Aft 26 Jun 1833  Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    • into the Society of Adventists. The History of Marshall County states that he was a member of the Church of God
    Gender Male 
    Died 26 Dec 1877  Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9] 
    • He died at his home, 5 miles south of Plymouth, on a Thursday morning. He spent his life in the cultivation of the land upon which he was born, and died within a few rods of the old cabin home.
    Buried Aft 26 Dec 1877  Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • by H.V Reev (Reed?)
    gravestones\TABER Cyrus d1877    		 gravestones\TABER Cyrus d1877
    Siblings
    5 more
    +1. Cyrus Taber (current person),   b. 26 Jun 1833, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1877, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
    +2. Mary Ann Taber,   b. 10 Jul 1835, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1911, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     3. Thomas Jefferson Taber,   b. 13 Nov 1837, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 1839, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)

  • Parents

    Family ID: F270 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  
    Father Samuel Dennis Taber,   b. 19 Apr 1798, Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1864, Taber Homestead, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Jane Pope,   b. 7 Mar 1806, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1878, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 1 Jul 1830 

  • Family

    Family ID: F271 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart   
    Wife Rachel Plake,   b. 10 Feb 1837, Connersville Township, Fayette, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 1913, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 3 Dec 1854  Smith's Tavern, Argos, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    • ceremony performed by Mack Smith
    Children 
    + 1. Samuel Dennis Taber,   b. 25 Apr 1855, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1882  (Age 26 years)
    + 2. Thomas Oliver Taber,   b. 25 Nov 1856, Center Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1906, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
      3. Mary Alice Taber,   b. 9 Apr 1858, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1894  (Age 36 years)
      4. John Heenan Taber,   b. 1860, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1936, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
      5. Stephen Taber,   b. 5 Aug 1865, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 1866, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
      6. Israel S. Taber,   b. 1870, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1888, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 18 years)

  • Other Personal Events

    Ω Census son 1 Jun 1850 
    Census 1 Jun 1860  Center Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Ω Census Principal 1 Jun 1860 
    Ω Probate Witness 23 May 1864  Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1 Jun 1870  Center Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Education mainly by his own efforts  [8] 
    • He grew to manhood amid scenes of a pioneer life, and acquired a fair education. He was modest and unassuming and although he was never one to intrude his views, he did much to mold the character and public spirit of the neighborhood in which he resided.
    Attributes Whig, and then after that party folded in 1856, a Republican  [7, 8] 
    Family Search ID 2ZV5-SXP 
    Ω Census Principal 1 Jun 1870 
    Will 10 Oct 1877  [9, 10] 
    • His will begins with a detailed description of his land holdings, and an itemization of his estate, which he estimated to be worth $16,393. He designated that $2000 was to be given to each of his children, and the property and home be given to his wife.
      Witness Role: Executor Rachel PLAKE
      Witness Role: Also an heir.
      Witness Role: Heir Israel S. TABER
      Witness Role: Heir John Heenan TABER
      Witness Role: Heir Mary Alice TABER
      Witness Role: Heir Samuel Dennis TABER
      Witness Role: Heir Thomas Oliver TABER
    Probate Dec 1883  Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • with Israel Roberts acting as co-administrator
      Witness Role: Witness Rachel PLAKE
    _UID 2E0FA08427A44A9AADB6B48873B7B520AE20 
  • Photos
    headshots\TABER Cyrus    		headshots\TABER Cyrus

  • Event Map
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  • Source Citations

    1. [S73] Rosemary Listenberger, "Compiled Research: Taber family", letter and documents to Barbara Brown, (23 March 1993), copy in possession of Leslie Price., Caption of photo states that Cyrus was the first male white child born in Marshall County.

    2. [S696] United States, Bureau of the Census, "1870 US Census, Indiana, Marshall County, Center Township, p.91", (1 June 1870), FamilySearch Family History Library (https://familysearch.org: accessed 3 December 2018)..

    3. [S697] United States, Bureau of the Census, "1860 US Census, Indiana, Marshall County, Center Township, p.50", (1 June 1860), FamilySearch Family History Library (https://familysearch.org: accessed 3 December 2018)..

    4. [S821] Rosemary Listenberger, "Transcribed Records from Bibles in Plymouth Historical Museum: Samuel Dennis Taber and Herman Taber", Plymouth, Marshall County, IN, (circa 1973), copy in possession of Leslie Price..

    5. [S825] Daniel McDonald, "First Events, p403," in A Twentieth Century History of Marshall County, Indiana, (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Internet Archive (http://archive.org/details/twentiethcentury02mcdo: accessed 14 June 2018)..

    6. [S73] Rosemary Listenberger, "Compiled Research: Taber family", letter and documents to Barbara Brown, (23 March 1993), copy in possession of Leslie Price., Handwritten family group sheets, unknown original source.

    7. [S831] Daniel McDonald, "Thomas O. Taber, p589-591," in A Twentieth Century History of Marshall County, Indiana, (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Leslie Price (http://archive.org/details/twentiethcentury02mcdo: accessed 14 June 2018)., Vol II, pp 589-591.

    8. [S73] Rosemary Listenberger, "Compiled Research: Taber family", letter and documents to Barbara Brown, (23 March 1993), copy in possession of Leslie Price., Brief biographical sketch of Cyrus Taber, unknown source document though it is likely some sort of historical summary of the origins of Marshall County.

    9. [S817] Rosemary Listenberger, "Transcript of Last Will and Testament: Cyrus Taber", (Plymouth, IN, 1973), copy in possession of Leslie Price..

    10. [S73] Rosemary Listenberger, "Compiled Research: Taber family", letter and documents to Barbara Brown, (23 March 1993), copy in possession of Leslie Price..

    11. [S73] Rosemary Listenberger, "Compiled Research: Taber family", letter and documents to Barbara Brown, (23 March 1993), copy in possession of Leslie Price., from Indiana Plymouth Courthouse-Decedent Estates.pdf.